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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6715389 | Condiment packet opening apparatus An apparatus is disclosed for opening condiment packets, having a base and a support that define an opening to receive a condiment packet. A cutter subassembly connected to the support is used to cut the packet received in the opening. The cutter subassembly include... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715390 | Wood working machine For a woodworking machine having a horizontally disposed working table with a top planar surface and a saw blade transverse to the table, there is provided an elongated work-retainer fence having a planar facing disposed substantially perpendicular to the planar sur... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715391 | Device for securing various table saws to work table A table saw securing device includes a post extended from a work table, a cantilever beam attached to the post, a housing rotatably and slidably attached to the cantilever beam, and a saw device selectively secured to the housing. One or more seats are secured on a ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715392 | Machine for cutting stacked sheet material and the like A machine for cutting stacked sheet material and like comprising a frame supporting the apparatus, and first and second guideways having first and second fixed guideway members mounted on the frame in a laterally spaced apart relationship, and first and second movab... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715393 | Cutting apparatus having adjustable cutter assembly A cutting apparatus is disclosed which is particularly suited for use in association with an apparatus for effecting lengthwise slitting of sheet stock, such as sheet metal. In the illustrated embodiment, the cutting apparatus includes first and second cooperating, ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715394 | Rotatable die A die that may be rotated relative to a die holder to form an opening in different types of envelopes, cardboard boxes or other type of blanks or webs is provided. The window opening in an envelope blank is formed by using a sheet of material having a top surface an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715395 | Method and apparatus for disabling a pursued vehicle A pursuit vehicle carries a remote targeting device in a suitable position to identify a target area on an inflated tire of the pursued vehicle and a launcher for a projectile suited to puncture an inflated tire of a pursued vehicle, from a position trailing the pur... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715396 | Firearm conversion kit A cartridge feed tray for belt ammunition is modified to receive shorter ammunition and exclude ammunition of standard length by inclusion of an insert positioned along the forward containment wall of the tray. The insert carries a feed lip that fits through a loadi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715397 | Aiming drive An aiming drive (10), in particular for rapidly lining up the forked pivotal holder (10) of a launch receptacle (12) for fragmentation grenades defending against an attacking missile is to be designed, with precise simultaneous azimuth and eleva... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715398 | Barrel assembly for firearms A barrel assembly for a weapon, said barrel assembly including a barrel; a plurality of projectile assemblies axially disposed in end to end abutting relationship within said barrel for operative sealing engagement with the bore of the barrel, each projectile includ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715399 | Firearm bolt assembly A firearm includes a moveable bolt assembly that absorbs energy associated with the discharge of the firearm. An energy absorbing mechanism within the bolt assembly may include a dampening spring that provides recoil energy dissipation. With this arrangement, one or... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715400 | Fluid power operative instrumentality A fluid power operative instrumentality having an electro-fluidic control unit, which is provided with a plurality of electrically activated control valves having 2/2 valve functions. On the control unit different operative units may be selectively mounted, the cont... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715401 | Brake booster During a normal brake operation, a brake reaction from a reaction disc is transmitted to a valve plunger through an outer plunger and an inner plunger. During an emergency brake operation, as a valve plunger is driven forward through a given stroke relative to a val... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715402 | Hydraulic control circuit for operating a split actuator mechanical mechanism A system for simultaneously operating first and second hydraulic cylinders has an inlet node for connection to a source of pressurized fluid and an outlet node for connection to a tank. A two-position, three-way primary control valve has a first port connected to th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715403 | Independent and regenerative mode fluid control system A fluid control system is disclosed that includes a reservoir, a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir, a first double-acting actuator having a first head end chamber and a first rod end chamber, a second double-acting actuator having a second head end cham... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715404 | Sprinkler unit for fermenting system A sprinkler for a fermenting system comprises a nozzle having an inlet opening and an outlet opening with a support arm having a first end attached to the nozzle. The support arm is shaped in a fashion to position a second end of the support arm substantially center... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715405 | Domestic machine to make cappuccino A domestic machine for cappuccino includes a bottom vessel (A), enclosing a coffee holding funnel (B), screwed to a top container (C) provided with seal, filter and a central tube (D), for the upflow of the coffee, on which there is slidably put an outer tube (E) of... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715406 | Coffee maker A coffee maker comprises a base, a main body, a filter unit, a sprinkling unit, and an upper cover. Mortises, a positioning groove, and a lower socket are disposed at the top and two sides of the base, respectively. The mortises, the positioning groove, and the lowe... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715407 | Method and system for individual tire recycling The method of the present invention for handling scrap tires, includes a step of providing a compacting apparatus to a scrap tire generator, such as a tire retailer. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715408 | Tensioning device for trapping machines Strapping head, comprising three wheels for driving the strap, i.e. an insertion wheel, a recovery wheel and a tensioning wheel, as well as a pressure roller associated with each of the drive wheels, and elements for activating and deactivating the driving of the wh... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715409 | Method and apparatus for eliminating free clearances in a press shutheight adjustment mechanism An apparatus for use in a press machine eliminates the free clearances present between the threaded portions of a screw and adjustment nut assembled in a shutheight adjustment mechanism. A hydraulic assembly directs a pressurized fluid against an outer periphery of ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715410 | Baling chamber having adjustable cross section A baler includes a baling chamber configured for forming parallelepiped bales. The baling chamber has a top wall that is adjustable toward and away from a bottom wall of the chamber. The top wall is provided with a plurality of transversely spaced, parallel slots ex... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715411 | Device for the treatment of flat materials The device for embossing and/or calendering foils comprises at least one first and one second embossing roll between the flat material is passed under pressure in order to produce a pattern. The second embossing roll is followed by at least another embossing roll wh... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715412 | Printer A printer capable of printing a multicolor image with a single pass of a paper or similar recording medium includes a plurality of print drums. Drum drive gears each are mounted on a particular print drum such that the print drum is replaceable. The print drums are ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715413 | Apparatus and method of screen printing A screen-printing apparatus for printing creamy solder paste on a substrate by attaching a screen mask to the substrate. A laser-measuring device mounted in the apparatus measures the top surface of the screen mask at a printing position and the top of the substrate... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715414 | Printing bridge for silk-screen printing machines A printing bridge for silk-screen printing machines has at least one mobile transversal support beam and a doctor retaining and adjusting element slidably attached to the beam. In order to deliver fluid to the doctor retaining and adjusting element, the doctor retai... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715415 | Screen printing apparatus having rotatable united squeegee pair, and method of screen printing using said apparatus A screen printing method and apparatus are capable of maintaining a constant attack angle between a squeegee and a mask plate, regardless of the surface condition of the mask plate. A squeegee head, including a pair of squeegees, is rotatably supported by a retainer... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715416 | Pod loader for transfer pad printing system A loader plate attaches to a cliche used in transfer pad printing to provide an extension surface from which a sealed paint pod may be introduced to the cliche allowing the cliche to remain in registered position while transferring paint pods. A magnet system allows... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715417 | Printing press equipped with color chart measuring apparatus A reading time setting section (44) determines a read area for an imaging section (25) on the basis of color chart positional data (id). The imaging section (25) reads an image on printing paper during the reading time and readout image data (rd... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715418 | Apparatus for producing a sleeve-like printing form Apparatus includes a housing, a feed table outside the housing for receiving a plate-like blank, a round shaping device in the housing for shaping the blank into a sleeve-like printing form, a welding system, and a transport device for fixing, transporting and depos... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715419 | Method and device for producing a printing image carrier on prefabricated carrier material A method for producing a print carrier within a printing machine includes providing on a cylinder of the printing machine a prefabricated carrier material having a contact surface, and, within the printing machine, applying an impressionable polymer to the contact s... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715420 | Printing plate with dyed and anodized surface A printing plate for computer-to plate lithography having a metal substrate with an anodized surface portion. The anodized surface portion has a porous texture in which a radiation-absorbing composition, preferably a black dye, is deposited. The surface portion with... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715421 | Transfer imaging with metal-based receivers Metal-based printing members suitable for transfer-type imaging include a metal substrate and a hydrophilic, polymeric coating thereover. Desirably, the polymeric coating is crosslinked and withstands repeated application of fountain solution during printing. The po... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715422 | Plate producing apparatus having controller for controlling cassette selection assembly In a plate producing apparatus which consecutively produces a set of four plates, a wait time is conventionally observed to await the feeding of a plate in an image recording section in the case where the set of plates is switched. In order to solve this problem, a ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715423 | Wallpaper manufacturing method, wallpaper manufacturing apparatus, and program for causing computer to function as wallpaper manufacturing apparatus An image of a design pattern of wallpaper stored in a data base (DB) is viewed by a user computer of a user who is a general consumer or a contractor from a server computer provided in a head office of a wallpaper manufacturer through the Internet. Further, upon acc... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715424 | Printing apparatus An ink supply controller capable of generating a proper ink curve from a result of printing even when there is a small difference in image area percentage between ink key regions is provided. The ink supply controller includes an old job data storing element for sto... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715425 | Race observation rail system A race observation rail system for allowing close-up viewing of a race by the spectators. The race observation rail system includes a race track being disposed upon a ground; and also includes a rail assembly including support members being adapted to be disposed in... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715426 | Motor driven high stability brake linear motion systems The present invention relates to a stability brake for absorbing parasitic vibrations of a stage moved to a working position in a motion system. The stability brake includes a motor coupled to a flexure plate through a translation system. The translation system tran... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715427 | Suspended storage structure An overhead storage assembly, vendable as a kit, includes a plurality of panels each of a rectangular platform having dimensions that are integer multiples of conventional structural spacing. The panels may be joined to each other to form a common support surface re... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715428 | Articulating table An articulating table can be easily adjusted by meeting participants, thereby suiting a wide range of meeting conditions without lifting, carrying or requiring specialized help. Rollers and/or electric motors make this transition easy. The articulating table include... | 04/06/2004 |
